| Dr | Mas Teddy | Sutriadi | National Research and Innovation Agency | Indonesia | Problematic land and agricultural environment | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kassa Tarekegn | Erekalo | University of Copenhagen | Denmark | Climate Smart Agriculture | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Bosco | Bwambale | Uganda Martyrs University | Uganda | Indigenous Knowledge for Climate Induced Disaster Risk Reduction among Agrarian Communities | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yingli | Wang | Cardiff University | United Kingdom | food security and food poverty | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Racquel | Barcelo | Saint Louis University/National Research Council of the Philippines (Biological Sciences Division V) | Philippines | Native Food Plants | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | SREENA | CP | ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research | India | MICROBIOLOGY | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Lucila | Martino | Research Center in Physics and Engineering of the Center of the Buenos Aires Province | Argentina | Diagnosis of pesticide residues in food | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | James Bill | Ouda | Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) | Kenya | Education | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kamil | Khalaf | University of Arizona | United States | Biosystem Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Nicholas | Syano | University of Nairobi | Kenya | dryland agroforestry | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | serdar | oktay | Near East University Tourism Faculty | Cyprus | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Christian | Djuideu | University of Yaoundé 1 | Cameroon | Farm rehabilitation and sustainable crop production | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Abayineh Amare | Woldeamanuel | Jimma University | Ethiopia | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | María J. | Navarro-Ramos | Doñana Biological Station (CSIC) | Spain | Ecology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Pascal | Nyabinwa | Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board | Rwanda | Animal sciences | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Christine | Chasek | University of Nebraska at Omaha | United States | Agriculture and Mental Health | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mohamed | KRAIMAT | Université de Ghardaia | Algeria | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Paterne | Agre | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture | Nigeria | Molecular breeding and bioinformatics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Roberto | La Rosa | STMicroelectronics | Italy | Energy Autonomous Wireless Sensor Nodes | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ileana | Frasier | INTA | Argentina | Sustainable management practices | Best Researcher Award |